EDM 941 FUTURE OF ROYAL MAIL 49 SIGNATURES

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FUTURE OF ROYAL MAIL
02.03.2009

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Hoyle, Lindsay

That this House recognises the importance of an efficient, publicly-owned Royal Mail business; welcomes the news that the Royal Mail made an increased profit of £255 million in the nine months to Christmas 2008; further welcomes the Royal Mail's prediction that it will nearly double the level of profit it achieved in the last financial year and that all its businesses are in profit for the first time in almost 20 years; notes with great concern proposals for the part-privatisation of Royal Mail, with Dutch mail company TNT, the front-runner to take a stake in the company, despite the fact that the company unveiled a 37 per cent. fall in profits; can see no reason why there is a requirement to sell a portion of the Royal Mail to the private sector; and urges the Government to support a wholly publicly-owned Royal Mail business with a renegotiated access agreement ending the £100 million subsidy to private companies for the delivery of their mail with a six pence increase in the access agreement, giving Royal Mail an additional £300 million profit every year, which could be paid into the pension deficit, easing the burden on the taxpayer in addition to being used for new investments.


Democratic Unionist Party
McCrea, Dr William
Open: 1 Closed: 0
INDEPENDENT

Davies, Dai
Spink, Bob
Open: 2 Closed: 0

Labour Party
Borrow, David S
Campbell, Ronnie
Caton, Martin
Chaytor, David
Clapham, Michael
Clark, Katy
Corbyn, Jeremy
Crausby, David
Cryer, Ann
Dean, Janet
Dobbin, Jim
Drew, David
Gerrard, Neil
Godsiff, Roger
Hoyle, Lindsay
Humble, Joan
Illsley, Eric
James, Sian C
Jenkins, Brian
Jones, Lynne
McCafferty, Chris
O'Hara, Edward
Simpson, Alan
Singh, Marsha
Skinner, Dennis
Stringer, Graham
Taylor, David
Turner, Desmond
Vis, Rudi
Williams, Betty
Open: 30 Closed: 0

Liberal Democrats
Hancock, Mike
Hemming, John
Leech, John
Open: 3 Closed: 0

Scottish National Party
MacNeil, Angus
Mason, John
Open: 2 Closed: 0

Social Democratic and Labour Party
Durkan, Mark
McDonnell, Alasdair
Open: 2 Closed: 0

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Another one! Love the 6p DSA increase

[MickR]

At last a proposal which makes sense, particularly in view of the latest email from CWU HQ re TNT, reproduced below, if it's correct that they intend to lose 10,000 workers unless they take a 5% pay cut, we can see what we would be in for if things got a bit sticky. Let's keep up the pressure, I'd love to see :mfo with egg all over his face as well as green custard.

Hello

This week Peter Mandelson defied democracy and held the Second Reading of the Bill to privatise the Royal Mail in the un-elected House of Lords. He'll really try any trick in the book to avoid the democratic process and stop the people having their say about the Royal Mail.

Peter seems pretty sure about the Royal Mail's future - but I wanted to share with you what his plans will mean unless we act together now.

TNT - the frontrunner to take a stake in the Royal Mail - is currently threatening to sack 10,000 workers in the Netherlands unless they take a 5% pay cut. It's not so much a negotiation as it is pure blackmail to drive down wages and push up profit.

And it's not like it's helped the paying public either - in fact, TNT charge more for a worse service.

Unless we make a stand now, this will be the future of our Royal Mail.

But I'm not willing to stand on the sidelines as this happens. I just sent TNT an email to tell them to leave our post alone. We want fair pay for Royal Mail staff and fair prices for the public. TNT should keep their hands off our Mail. Email them now and tell them the same -

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We've drafted an email for you - but feel free to edit it. TNT are showing their true colours - attacking their own low-paid workers.

Peter Mandelson and Pat McFadden have said they both "very much welcomed" TNT's interest in our Royal Mail. And now we know what this entails - job cuts or pay cuts for the staff and higher prices for the public.

Tell TNT to keep their hands off our post. Email them now and then send them the message that our post isn't for sale -

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Thanks for all that you're doing.

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Democratic Unionist Party
McCrea, Dr William
Robinson, Iris
Open: 2 Closed: 0

INDEPENDENT
Davies, Dai
Spink, Bob
Open: 2 Closed: 0

Labour Party
Borrow, David S
Burgon, Colin
Campbell, Ronnie
Caton, Martin
Chaytor, David
Clapham, Michael
Clark, Katy
Clarke, Tom
Corbyn, Jeremy
Crausby, David
Cryer, Ann
Dean, Janet
Dobbin, Jim
Drew, David
Gerrard, Neil
Godsiff, Roger
Hoyle, Lindsay
Humble, Joan
Illsley, Eric
James, Sian C
Jenkins, Brian
Jones, Lynne
McCafferty, Chris
O'Hara, Edward
Simpson, Alan
Singh, Marsha
Skinner, Dennis
Stringer, Graham
Taylor, David
Turner, Desmond
Vis, Rudi
Williams, Betty
Open: 32 Closed: 0

Liberal Democrats
Hancock, Mike
Hemming, John
Leech, John
Open: 3 Closed: 0

Plaid Cymru
Price, Adam
Open: 1 Closed: 0

Scottish National Party
MacNeil, Angus
Mason, John
Open: 2 Closed: 0
Social Democratic and Labour Party

Durkan, Mark
McDonnell, Alasdair
Open: 2 Closed: 0

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